The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-04
THE STATE BOOM.
Evidences of Business and Industrial Prog
ress All Along the Line in Indiana.

Evidences of Business and Industrial Prog
ress All Along the Line in Indiana.
Fairmount News: Work the derrick for
the natural-gas we'll commenced Monday
morning by the contractors, and the work will
be rapidly pushed forward. A
Lawrenceburg Press: The naturatgas COM
pany is waiting for the contractor, and ne has
shipped mis- apparatus and tools and may any
day now arrive and prepare to bore.
South Bend Tribune: Subscriptions to the
new gas well company are being taken at a lively
rate, and it is thought that the full amount
needed. So, 900 will be soon forthcoming
Terre Haure Gazette: The borngs for the gas
well show what, however. no one In Terre Haute
was ignorant of before, that our prairie city Is
underlad with thick vein of coal of excellent
quality.
Wabash Plain Dealer 1t is pleasure to re-
port that the work of drilling has actually begun
at gas we'll No. I've call it gas well now, but
perhaps the name may have to be changed 20
oil well.
Portland Commercials Our little city is swarm
ing with capitalists and spectators Each train
brings fresh arrivals, and the hotel men and real
estate agents are the busiest aud the happiest
men in town.
Bluffton Chronicle The contract for sinking
gas we'll has been let to parties who are at
present EN- gagged in sinking gas we'll at New
Castle. They will begin operations here about
the 18th of next month.
Goshen News: The natural-cas company at
Butler has contracted with Pennsylvania firm
TO bore 2000-foot well for 81, 800 The firm
agrees to furnish all the material and leave it on
the grounds when the well is completed.
Peru Republicans Peru is not in the gas belt.
All the boring that may be done in the future
will not bring us gas but oil is under and oil
is more valuable than gas The future efforts
should be made to develop the oil product.
Vernon Banner: joint stock company is be-
ing organized here for the purpose of boring for
natural gas in Vernon. At a citizens
meeting at the bank. Saturday night enough
stock was taken to insure the, success Of the en-
terprise.
Kokomo Gazette Tribune: The directors of
the natural-gas company have ordered two more
wells to De drilled at once. This action is made
necessary by positive assurance of a largely
increased demand for gas to supply incoming
manufacturers
Wnamac Republican: The directors of the
oil or gas company are ready to receive bids for
the drilling of the well. The people have been
very slow in taking stock. but sufficient amount
has now been taken to warrant the directors in
going ahead with the work.
Greensburc Standard: The gas we'll has been
deepened steadily this week and the drill now
| works at seven hundred feet still in the Hudson
river shale, which has now changed to lighter
| blue. The Trenton stone is expected to be en-
countered at about $50 feet.
| Monticello Herald The board of directors of
| the Monticello Natural-gas Pipe Line and Min
| ing Company have had under consideration for
| some time number of bids for sinking the pro-
| posed well and on Tuesday the contract was let
| to Mr.. George Owens, Of Toronto, O.
Greencastle Times We are able to announce
that the contract for the gas we'll will be let this
week. Numerous contractors have been in con-
sutation with the directors of our company, and
the most satisfactory bid will be accepted and all
| details arranged within day two.
Richmond Palladium. Wa Iaarp that horpc
! for will be undertaken at sCenterville, and
| possibly, Also at Fountain City It is to be
| hoped that every effort Will be made to find
| supply of gas in this county it won't matter
much in what part of it, if the supply is only
| sufficient.
Goshen Times: There is not city in north
ern Indiana that is making more healthy and
| more substantial progress than Goshen While
the manufacturing establishments in other
towns are ianeuishing, our enterprises are run
ming to their full capacity, and some of them on
| extra time
Jacksonville News: The immense real estate
| boom in Louisville is crossing the river, and
| projecting in and near this city is beginning to
| look up decidedly. Holders firm and buyers
are beginning to come. A number of long
! headed real estate men in this city are getting
| ready for big boom.
Manchester Journal: A delay of another week
has been caused in beginning work on the gas
| well by a failure to permanently locate it, on
| account of objections Of property owners in the
| neighborhood Of every Site chosen. That. how
ever, has been overcome, and work will begin
| next week without doubt.
Hartford City Times Quite fiutter of ex-
element caused on Sunday last by the an
nouncement of Pittsburg expert that the Hart
ford City gas we'll was without doubt the larg-
est in Indiana By actual test the we'll regis.
tered pressure of $50 pounds to the SQUARE
inch. and showed daily output of 600. 900 cubic
feet.
Anderson Herald: Now let the citizens get
together at once and prepare to make use of our
great find of gas. This is Andersons opportu-
nifty. A good push all together will start the
ball to rolling, and little exercise of open
haudedness and liberality right now will De
worth thousand times its cost in few months
time.
Elkhart Review: The amount of building in
prospect for the ensuing season is very much
larger than for many years, at this time Of the
year. 1t appears likely that Elkhart will grow
in population more rapidly in 1887 than in any
year since 1871 The city seems to have taken
new start, and now it will devolve upon each
one to keep it going.
| Kokomo Gazette Tribune: One thousand
stoves in Kokomo are now singing-witn consid
cradle warmth-the praises of natural gas
while the average man who has heretofore
wood problem. untes Justify in the chorus
Amid all this enth usiasm, the wall of the sobby
elm-wood seller is wholly unheard.
Kendallville Standard: The Keuda!ville Ca
| ana Oli company is the name OF a new company
which has been organized in our city this week
A subscription paper was started on Tuesday o.
last week and circulated among our citizens
and on Friday noon the last share of stock was
taken, and several individuals were unable to BE
cure even single share of stock, SO eagerly wa
it taken.
South Bend Times: There are at present six
| teen papers out in the hands of men who ar
| working to secure subscriptions to fund to sinl
natural-gas we'll in this city. The movement
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our most substantial and wide awake citizens ar
engaged in soliciting for stock The movemen
has just begun, but the success in it has thu
far been remarkable.
Peru Journal: Drilling was resumed yester
day evening. and at depth of 900 feet fin
quality of OF, was struck The tiow however
was not very great, but the indications goo
for paying we'll. At this point the usual ba
luck attended the workmen, and the valve i
the boiler lost in the hole and the work o
drilling was again interrupted. Work will RI
sumo as the valve be repaired.
Cambridge CITY Tribune. At n rneetinp r